Water Resources Act 1991

Vesting of pipes in the [F1 appropriate agency] E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 175 cross-heading substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 294 (with Sch. 7)

175 Vesting of pipes in the [F2 appropriate agency]. E+W

(1) Subject to any provision to the contrary contained in an agreement between the [F2 appropriate agency] and the person in whom an interest in the pipe is or is to be vested, every pipe which—

(a) is a relevant pipe for the purposes of section 159 or 160 above; and

(b) has been laid, in exercise of any power conferred by Chapter I of this Part or otherwise, by the [F2 appropriate agency],

shall vest in the [F2 appropriate agency].

(2) Subsection (1) above is without prejudice to the vesting of anything in the [F2 appropriate agency] by virtue of the exercise by the [F2 appropriate agency] of any power to acquire property by agreement or compulsorily.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in s. 175 and heading substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 294 (with Sch. 7)